• Provide $2.5 billion more per year for K-12 education, with amount to be phased in over several years. Money would be used for various purposes, including basic education funding, special education costs and all-day kindergarten. Some tax increases would probably be necessary.
• Use $400 million from that total to ease property taxes for homeowners whose bills have risen because of local school levy increases.
• Require that 1.5 percent of district revenue be used for research on how to improve student achievement.
